The short story The Dead by James Joyce in the collection Dubliners, has a third person omniscient perspective because the perspective is not restricted to one single character as the narrator offers a birds-eyes view about the story and the judgements on the behavoirs of the characters. The perspective is not a third person limited as the reader does not experience the story through the eyes and thoughts of one single character. It is not a second person perspective as the readers are not the narrator and don't carve the path of the story. Finally The Dead does not have a first person perspective since there are no uses of "I" in the story, and the narrator is not the main character.
The third person omniscient perspective is used in all stories in The Dubliners as it allows James Joyce to have the reader read from a bystanders point of view telling the story. I find the third person omniscient perspective very effective because Jame Joyce's goal in The Dubliners is to talk about life in Dublin and by not telling the story from the other perspectives he can tell the story free from bias views that a character would have. In this case the third person omniscient perspective is always the narrator in The Dubliners.
Throughout the short story The Dead, the narrator's perspective is that even though life is good and merry. There is no point to it as we are all going to die one day. The narrator's perspective allows us to see what life really is and that it isn't all that good even during the holidays when everybody is happy. The perspective can be related to James Joyce's life and in this case he is trying to convey his messages through the story by saying that life may seem good but it is pointless.
The short story The Dead by James Joyce in the collection Dubliners, has a third person omniscient perspective because the perspective is not restricted to one single character as the narrator offers a birds-eyes view about the story and the judgements on the behavoirs of the characters. The perspective is not a third person limited as the reader does not experience the story through the eyes and thoughts of one single character. It is not a second person perspective as the readers are not the narrator and don't carve the path of the story. Finally The Dead does not have a first person perspective since there are no uses of "I" in the story, and the narrator is not the main character.
The third person omniscient perspective is used in all stories in The Dubliners as it allows James Joyce to have the reader read from a bystanders point of view telling the story. I find the third person omniscient perspective very effective because Jame Joyce's goal in The Dubliners is to talk about life in Dublin and by not telling the story from the other perspectives he can tell the story free from bias views that a character would have. In this case the third person omniscient perspective is always the narrator in The Dubliners.
Throughout the short story The Dead, the narrator's perspective is that even though life is good and merry. There is no point to it as we are all going to die one day. The narrator's perspective allows us to see what life really is and that it isn't all that good even during the holidays when everybody is happy. The perspective can be related to James Joyce's life and in this case he is trying to convey his messages through the story by saying that life may seem good but it is pointless.
To look at perspectives in other stories in The Dubliners click on the links below
An Encounter's perspective
Araby's Perspective
Eveline's Perspective
After the Race's Perspective
The Boarding House's Perspective
For an article of Jame Joyce's perspective click here